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Sai Swaminathan

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Ubiquitous Computing Computational Materials Interactive Fabrication Tangible User Interfaces

About

Sai Swaminathan is an assistant professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Tennessee (UT). He received his Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science of Carnegie Mellon University , where he was advised by Scott Hudson in the Devlab . He works at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, and Computational Materials. He has published award-winning work at top-tier HCI venues, including ACM CHI, IMWUT (UbiComp), UIST, and CSCW. His work has also been featured in news outlets such as the New Scientist, Makezine, and HacksterIO. He has worked at numerous research institutions such as the Manufacturing Science group at Oakridge National Lab (ORNL), Microsoft Research, INRIA, and Xerox Research. You can find out more about him at www.saiganesh.net

Research Performance Summary

28
Total Papers
480
Total Citations
12
H-Index
2014-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Supporting the design and fabrication of physical visualizations

Year: 2014

Citations: 98

Venue: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Latest Recorded Paper

Toward Aligning Human and Robot Actions via Multi-Modal Demonstration Learning

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.11493

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
6
2024
6
2023
1
2022
1
2021
2
2020
1
2019
3
2017
4
2016
1
2015
1
2014
2

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 21
Journal 1
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Swaminathan Scott

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 4
Avg. Citations / Paper 0.7
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 11
Citations 88
Avg. Citations / Paper 8
H-Index 5

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 9
Citations 277
Avg. Citations / Paper 30.8
H-Index 8

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 111
Avg. Citations / Paper 55.5
H-Index 2

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

sai@utk.edu
8659745784

Detected Research Keywords

Fabrication Room Scale Long Range Battery Range Battery Free Battery Free Wireless Music Intervention System